CVE-2020-11651
saltstack salt, opensuse leap, debian linux
Published 30 Apr 2020 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed
9.8 Critical · CVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Nov 2021, with a remediation deadline of 3 May 2022 for US federal agencies.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html · Third Party Advisory
- docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html · Vendor Advisory
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst · Third Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG · Third Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ · Third Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 · Third Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651 · US Government Resource